Poultry roost



J.C.GLYNN POULTRY ROOST Feb. 22, 1927. 6

Filed Aug. 20, 1926 WW I m/ frz Man o? JbJEPf/C 6L YNN reams Feb. 222,i927.

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' Application filed August 20, 1226. Serial No. 130,543.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple inexpensive form ofroost that is adapted for catching mites or poultry vermin'withouttheuseof any'extraneous attachment or fixture on the roost.

I i The device is designed conformably to that habit orurge of vermin,which causes them to seek a hiding place'or nest by crawling upwardly.For this reason, I provide bores .as'nests leading upwardly fromthe'bottom of theroost, and I arrange these bores toc'ommunicate withrelatively shallow run ways. The arrangement is such that entrance tothe nest is hadlaterally from one side of the runways. The'depthof'the'bores which provide the nestis greater than the depth ofthe'grooves which provide the runways, so that vermin traveling in therunway are attracted by the darker appearance U entry thereinto, travelupwardly, as is their of .the entrances of the nests, andcan, afterwont. v v

"A: further ob ect 18 to provide a roost having means for catching themites and vermin T and capable of being cleaned or freed from theaccumulation of mites" and vermin therethereto.

in by the'simple application of h'ot water- Other objects of theinvention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming 7 part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a view of a poultry'roost showing the means formed thereinfor collecting the mites or vermin; V

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing how the runways formedin the unwells or pockets arranged vertically there der side of theroost-communicatewith the liigure 3'is atransverse sectional viewshowing the relative depth of the runways and pockets or wells formed inthe. under side of the roost. y In the drawing, 2 represents a poultryroost made preferably of wood of varying lengths as may be'desired, andhaving a rounded upper surface. In the under side of the roost, Iprovide narrow longitudinal grooves or runways 3 formed by a suitabletool, such as a saw in the flat under surface of the roost. Theseitrunways are spaced entrance openings or with both. These wells are ofa suitable depth and diameter and I found from actual test of the devicethat the mites and other vermin will move along the'runwaysand enter thewells climbing vertically therein. After a. short time, the wellswillfill with mites orother vermin. An application of scalding water isthen made to thefunder side of the roost killing the mites in therunways and .in the wells,-.;and washingithem out of the wellsorrunwaysjand thoroughly.

cleansing tlie'wa-lls thereof. "It will be understood that the runwaysmay he made-of any suitable depth. e i It willbe understood thatthezroosts may be made of different length and that the wells or pocketsmay be of any suitable depth and diameter and there may be *as many ofthem in a group as seems desirable.

The mites entering the runways will pass along therein to the wells orpockets and quickly fill these pockets and atthat time the roosts may beremoved and an application of scalding water will not only destroy themites but will wash them out of the 5 wells an'drrunways. The roost isthen in condition to be put back for use- The bores are arranged to'cutthe's'ide walls'ofthe grooves in a manner to form entrance openings, inthis case, vertically elon- I gated, or elongated in a direction frombot-' tom to top of the roost, with-the openings leading from a sidewall of the groove into the bores, and being of a length equal to thedepth of the groove. In some instances, one

bore will communicate with the adjacentl runwayonly-on one side, whileanother bore Y may communicatewith therunway only at i. the other side.However theyare arranged, y

the essential feature of the construction is, that the'bores cut thepassagewaysto form I am aware that traps this kind have I I been made,but they are composed of two parts, and generally the trap is separable.

- This is objectionable because the vermin fall off when the trap isremoved to be cleaned.

I claim as my invention:

1 A bar having a groove, and an opening cutting a side wall of thegroove, to provide a lateral entrance opening, said opening and grooveleading upwardlyfrom the bottom of the bar. v

2. A bar having grooves in its bottom formingcomparatively narrowpassageways, and bores cutting a side wall of the grooves and extendinginwardly beyond the bottom of the grooves, to form nests leadingupwardly therefrom.

3. A bar having grooves in its bottom forming comparatively narrowpassageways and bores cutting and extending inwardly beyond the bottomof the grooves to form nests leading upwardly therefrom, said borescutting said grooves.

4. A bar having a groove to form a coinparatively narrow passageway, anda plurality of bores cutting and extending inwardly' beyond the bottomof'the groove to form nests leading upwardly from the passageway, saidbores being arranged in groups. I i I bar having a groove to form a comparatively narrow passageway, and a plurality of bores cutting andextending inwardly beyond the bottom of the groove to form nests leadingupwardlyv from the passageway, said bores belng arranged in c groups, agroup adjacent each end ofthe bar.

bottom of the groove to form nests .leading upwardly from the groove,the intersection of the bores with the groove being such, that entranceto the bore may be had laterally from the groove.

7. A roost bar having a groove in thebottom of the bar and extending-thefull length thereof to form a comparatively narrow and shallowpassageway opening downwardly when the roost bar is in operativeposition, and a plurality of bores cutting andextending inwardly beyondthe bottom of the groove to form nests leading upwardly from the groove,said bores being of greater di ameter than the width of the groove.

8. A roost bar having a pair of grooves extending the full lengththereof to form comparatively narrow and shallowpassage: ways openingdownwardly when the roost bar is in operative position, and a pluralityof bores cutting and extending inwardly beyond the bottom of the grooveto 'form nests leading upwardly from the groove, with the bores cuttingthe side walls of the grooves in a mannertoform entranceopenings leadingfrom-the'side wall of the grooves into said bores. I i

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of August1926.

- JOSEPH C. GLYNN.

